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what's up everyone jon rettinger can technobuffalo here it's been a crazy week for apple news for you Apple fans out there you've probably been very excited been enjoying it blows you out there that maybe aren't the biggest fans of applets probably been a killer couple days for you and it's about to get worse today Apple announced that on april eight they will be hosting an event to give a sneak preview at iphone OS four point oh I know iphone OS four point oh should be clarified it's not just the iphone OS anymore it's also the ipod touch OS and now it's also the ipad OS so i want to run down some predictions for i think we're going to see finally with iphone OS 4.0 from one point out a 2 point 0 is incremental from two to three added some key features from three to four i think we're finally going to see that big jump it does appears in the past Apple has been listening to the detractors people were crying when the iphone his first release that had no cut copy and paste no mms and those substance been rectified rectified very nicely the key features are missing from the iphone have been fixed save for a few which we'll talk about so let's go and get the predictions but i think we're going to see for iphone OS four point oh first and foremost in sort of the biggest gaping hole i think in the operating system is multitasking i think we're finally going to see true multitasking on the iphone ipod touch and ipad or called the I devices finally we're going to see true multitask when we've seen a reference in the kernels of some of the previous release devices especially the iPad we've seen even bit of some pieces reference in the SDK whether or not Apple completely opens it up to third party multitasking support or whether just multitasking for native apps yet to be seen I'm kind of inclined to believe that we're not going to see sort of universal multitasking Apple tends to lock things down I think we're finally going to see some sort of multitasking the other big knock that I've had enough said this in the past is the home screen and the layout of the UI it's gotten very state they've added features and such but it hasn't changed since the iphone was first launched this layout of the range new grids exactly what looked when the iphone first launched now you've got more icons from apps but that's about it and it's gotten stale and boring and it's even more apparent how boring it is on something this large like the iPad um there's not much information you get a row of icons and that's about it you get no additional functionality you're not getting email notifications on there you're not getting a ton of features and other devices offer think we are going to see a redesigned you I don't think we're going to completely abandon what we have right now think we're still going to see that arrangement of grids but perhaps that will be segmented they'll be stacks similar to what we have in snow leopard then also rumors perhaps some sort of a widget support so live widgets similar to the tiles that Microsoft has on Windows Phone 7 they've since dropped the series from an to that and Android and sort of the other rumors that have been kicking around although I do think some sort of you I speech are guaranteed as well as true multitasking which could be quite nice the next day I think we're finally going to see and I'm hoping for this one is better notifications notifications on the iPhone or the iDevices is quite quite poor they're pop-ups that show up and they stop the application running in the background I like notifications at pop out very similar to how webos works I've never seen one of the new palm devices they nailed notifications are unobtrusive they show up at the bottom you can tap it for information or you can swipe it away and have it be gone I've got something that the I devices are certainly missing another feature that I think is a guarantee that we're finally going to see is universal mailbox on how many of you have multiple mail accounts on your iPhone and iPad touch or ipad you got to keep going back and forth to each account to get your mail and be great if you could just have them all in one sort of encompassing package would be quite nice another feature that this may be a us thing but though we haven't heard anything about tethering other countries been able to tether since iphone OS 3.1 out almost a year ago but we don't have that for 18 teeth maybe we'll see some sort of tethering or iPad tethering people can use their Wi-Fi device in conjunction with their iphone certainly would be a feature that I think would be a welcome addition to the iDevice line so the next big question here is hard where are we going to see new hardware are we going to see the iphone four point oh are you going to see a new ipod touch what are we going to see and how is it going to affect the ipad i think they're the two big questions everybody's asking so are we going to see new hardware i don't think so i think we're going to see just the operating system shown on existing 3gs ipod touch and ipad hardware I think we're not going to see a new iphone until the june or july time frame seems to be the general consensus and the path that Apple has followed in the past so the question begs why are they showing a new iphone OS in april when new hardware is not coming out until june or july and I think that's due to pressure android is gaining market share fast and furiously palm is now going to have the devices on every major carrier there is a lot of competition and all that competition is sort of shouting from the mountaintops about apple shortcomings on their devices particularly no multitasking and i think that's sort of a way to circumvent that people that are saying well my contract is up should i wait for the new iphone i think it's coming in june or I don't really know you know what maybe I'll just get a nexus one or maybe I'll just pick up a droid I now people are going to think gonna be saying well all that new cool stuff is coming it's worth waiting till june or july and also think people our apple is doing this for another reason do with the ipad people are waiting i think you've know they sold 300,000 units a way to see what a generation to device might bring these now able to pick up an ipad saying you know what I know what the bikes are going to do now and then come June and July when you know what oh x4 I know it's coming they're going to know what the ipad is going to be capable I what's going to add multiple features like I mentioned the home screen ranges glaring on the iPad with that much screen real estate not being used you know the lock screen has no information other than time and your signal reception and that's about it and that's things that really really need updating so guys got to be a bit of a long winded video I'm very excited about OS four point oh and of course we'll be covering all of it in its entirety Oh what do you think we're going to see with OS four point oh is this finally gonna be the operating system that silence is the Apple critics or just going to expose sort of more shortcomings with the platform I like to hear from you I sound off in the comments via video response really curious what you guys have to say all right jon rettinger from technobuffalo and i'll see you in the next video bye bye